I am building a '49 Chevy panel truck with mostly junkyard parts. What do I have to do to use a 700-R4 trans with a carbureted 350 engine? The trans is new enough that it has a lot of wires going to ...

Remember when the "new" 700-R4 came on the scene? Well, the 700-R4 was introduced 30 years ago in 1982 and is still a solid choice for an overdrive transmission for carbureted cars. The GM 4L60E ...

A few months back we detailed the buildup and testing of our street 4L60E trans with help from our trans man Jimmy Galante and parts from Sonnax and TCI Automotive. But that was only half the battle.

The 4L60E is the latest in a long line of durable, high-function GM overdrive automatics that have come our way since the 1960s. The TH350 three-speed automatic had long been a mainstay with Chevy ...

The 4L60E and 4L80E are two of General Motors’ most discussed automatic transmissions, and the choice between them shapes how a truck, SUV, or LS swap behaves on the street and under heavy load. Both ...

With their debut in the 1990s, GM's 4L60E and 4L80E transmissions reveal some of their differences –- and similarities –- right in their names. The "4" and "L" respectively refer to the number of ...